Tractor hitch



Sept. 14 1926.

H. G. REUBER TRACTOR HITCH Filed Jan. 50, 1926 INVENTOR HENRY 6. PEI/5E5 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. REUBEB, OF ATWOOD, KANSAS.

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' Application filed January 30, 1926. Serial No. 84,859.

' or pull side ways, as is usually the case,

which keeps the trailing vehicles in proper alineinent during the making of turns, which can be attached or removed easily and quickly and which can be manufactured at a relatively small cost as compared with most devices on the market at the present 13,as shown in Fig. 1, extends to that side time.

Other objects of the invention reside the various details of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described.

In accomplishin these and other objects of the invention, proved details of construction, the pre 'ferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 1s a'plan view of a tractor hitchembodied by the present invention, showing it as attached to a tractor and to two trailin% grain drills.

ig. 2 is a perspective view of the devicedetached from the machines.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing an alternative type of construction used for three trailing drills.

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawings- 1 designates what may be a tractor, or other power driven vehicle of a simllar type, provided at the rear with a suitable draft device, here shown as consisting of a flat, horizontally dis osed plate 2 provided with'a series of ho es 3 for receiving a connecting pin or bolt 4. The numerals 5 and 6 designate machines, such as rain dri1ls,-that are attached to and adapted present invention- I In its usual form of construction, the

hitch comprises a draw bar 10 which, at its have provided the im-'- downwardly of the frame of to be drawn by the tractor by means of a hitchembodied by the means, to the end beam 12 of the frame structure of the drill or machine 5.

Bolted or riveted to the bar 10, near its rearward end so as to extend at right angles thereto, is a cross beam 13 which, at one side of the bar 10 extends parellel with the front longitudinal beam 14: of the frame of the drill 5 and is-rigidly fixed thereto by means of a plurality of connecting strapsor pieces of iron 15 which are riveted at their forward ends to the cross bar and at their rearward ends are detachably fixed by means of bolts 16 to the frame beam. The beam 13 is thus held sufliciently forward of the drill to clear the supporting wheels 18 at its ends.

The left hand end portion of the beam a substantial distance and is provided with a series of holes 19 arranged in spaced relation longitudinally of the beam for the pivotal attachment thereto of the forward end of the tongue or draw bar520of the drill 6; .any suitable connecting device, such as a pin 21 being used here to make the connection.

In order to rigidly brace andstrengthen the cross beam 13, I have provided the two horizontal brace bars 24 and 25 which are attached by any suitable means, such as bolts 26, to the draw bar 10 near its'forwartl end. The bar 24 extends rearwardly and laterally and is fixed to the beam 13 near the point where the tongue of the drill 6 is attached. The brace bar-25 extends rearwardly and laterally and is attached to thev 1 tended on for attachment-to the rear longiframe beam 14 with its end portion ;fex-

tudinal beam 30 of the frame of the mai chine; this end portion of the brace may ;'be bent as necessary to avoid striking any iof the working parts of the machine. This "bar 25 not only braces the beam 13 but also serves as a means of preventing twisting relative to draw bar 10. I .Ifit'is desired a truss brace rodf27. may

be' attached, as in Fig. 2, at its ends to opposite ends of the cross beam 13 and extended over'the upper end of a post 28 fixed the machine vertically on the beam 13 where it crosses the draw bar 10.

sides of the frame of the drill 5 and the tongues of the trailing drills 6 and 6 are at tached to its ends. The draft bar 10 is attached centrally to the bar 13 and is'held ri id by suitable brace bars.

ith devices so constructed and attached, it is possible to make relatively sharp turns in either direction without causing the tractor to ull sideways or to skid sideways as is usua ly the case. This being due to'the fact that the line of pull is always toward the closest drill and is not swung laterally toward either of the trailing drills back of the forward drill.

It is further apparent that the second trailin drills may be so connected to the ends 0 the cross beam 13 that they will follow in proper alinement with the forward drill and will keep this alinement around turns due to the short connection'that s possible.

It is to be understood that various changes in the details of construction may be made to adapt the device to drills of different kinds or to other machines and for this reason I do not wish to be limited only to the details of construction herein shown.

Having thus described In invention, what I claim as new therein an desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is;

1. A tractor hitch' of the character described comprising a draw bar adapted for attachment at its forward end to a draft device of the tractor, a cross beam fixed rigidly to the draw bar equipped at spaced apart intervals along one end for rigid connection with the frame of a machine to be drawn and having its other end equipped for the connection thereto of another machine to be drawn.

2. A tractor hitch of the character described comprising a draw bar adapted for attachment at its forward end to the draft device of a tractor or the like and adapted for rigid connection along its rearward end to the frame of a machine to be drawn, a cross beam fixed rigidly to the draw bar near its rearward end and equipped along one end with means for .rigid connection -with the frame of the said machine to be drawn and having its other end equipped for the connection thereto of the tongue of another machine to be drawn thereby.

3. A tractor hitch of the character described comprising a draw bar provided with means at its forward end for attachment to the draft device of a tractor and provided along its rearward end with means for eifecting a rigid connection with the end beam of the frame of a machine to be drawn thereby, a cross beam rigidly fixed to the draw bar near its rearward end and provided along one end with means for rigid attachment to the front beam of the frame of the said machine to be drawn and having' its other end extended laterally from the said machine and provided with a series of holes for the reception of a pin for the attachment of the tongue of another machine to be drawn and brace bars fixed to the draw bar and to the end portions of the cross beam, with one of said brace bars extended beyond the cross beam for attachment to the forward and rearward beams of the frame of the first mentioned machine.

Signed at Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, this 25th day of January, A. D. 1926.

HENRY G. REUBER. 

